Cutler has dropped 8 points since the last PPP poll in Maine, while Michaud has climbed 9 points. That poll, conducted in January, had LePage at 34 percent, Michaud at 30 percent and Cutler at 26 percent.

The poll showed that 62 percent of Mainers believe LePage brings “national embarrassment” to the state, while only 33 percent disagree with that.

PPP surveyed 953 Maine voters over the weekend. The poll has a margin or error of +/- 3.2 percent. The polling firm has a house effect weighted toward Democrats, which means it has a systematic tendency to favor Democrats. Polling analyst wizard Nate Silver blogged about house effects last year, and it’s worth a read. (HT to Emily Shaw for reminding me of Silver’s piece).

You can see the full results of the poll here. Keep checking bangordailynews.com for a more complete story on this poll.

About Mario Moretto

Mario Moretto has been a Maine journalist, in print and online publications, since 2009. He joined the Bangor Daily News in 2012, first as a general assignment reporter in his native Hancock County and, now, in the State House. Mario left the BDN in 2015.
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